Re: I am locked out by built-in adminstrator

From: Doug Knox MS-MVP (dknox_at_mvps.org)
Date: 10/31/03 

Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 09:01:51 -0500

See www.dougknox.com, Win XP Fixes, Fix Internet Options Restrictions. 

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"Byron Gibson" <fbg111@ec.rr.com> wrote in message
news:OzE5n92nDHA.2848@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Hi Doug, hope you don't mind if I jump in here.  I have a similar
> question.  Recently I used my second admin account (Admin) to change my
> first and most frequently used account (Me) from an Admin to a Power
> User.  Then I had second thoughts and changed it back to Admin.  But now
> I can't access the Internet Options dialog in IE from Me, it says that
> the Administrator has disabled this feature.  Any idea how to re-enable
> this feature for the Me account?  Thanks
>
> Byron
>
> Doug Knox MS-MVP wrote:
> > The Administrator account is normal, and is part of XP.  You need to log
on
> > to that account to access the files there.  I don't know about the
> > Administrator 2, unless that's an account you created to work around
this
> > problem.  If so, you can remove it.
> >
>

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